U.S. Census Bureau
How America Knows What America Needs

1990 Mail Response Rates by Most Populous Cities in the Nation

Note: Adjusted for 2000 geographic boundaries. Items marked with an (*) means this entity did not exist in 1990 or the Census Bureau used a different method to gather information for the entity, or the boundaries have since changed.

City

Response Rate

1998 Population Estimate
1. New York city, NY

53

7,420,166
2. Los Angeles city, CA*

60

3,597,556
3. Chicago city, IL*

54

2,802,079
4. Houston city, TX*

56

1,786,691
5. Philadelphia city, PA

57

1,436,287
6. San Diego city, CA*

67

1,220,666
7. Phoenix city, AZ*

60

1,198,064
8. San Antonio city, TX*

67

1,114,130
9. Dallas city, TX*

57

1,075,894
10. Detroit city, MI

57

970,196
11. San Jose city, CA*

69

861,284
12. San Francisco city, CA

64

745,774
13. Indianapolis city, IN

70

741,304
14. Jacksonville city, FL*

59

693,630
15. Columbus city, OH*

71

670,234
16. Baltimore city, MD*

63

645,593
17. El Paso city, TX*

68

615,032
18. Memphis city, TN

61

603,507
19. Milwaukee city, WI*

71

578,364
20. Boston city, MA

46

555,447
21. Austin city, TX*

62

552,434
22. Seattle city, WA*

70

536,978
23. Washington city, DC

56

523,124
24. Nashville-Davidson, TN

57

510,274
25. Charlotte city, NC*

68

504,637
26. Portland city, OR*

66

503,891
27. Denver city, CO*

63

499,055
28. Cleveland city, OH

59

495,817
29. Fort Worth city, TX*

60

491,801
30. Oklahoma City city, OK*

61

472,221
31. New Orleans city, LA

50

465,538
32. Tucson city, AZ*

64

460,466
33. Kansas City city, MO*

59

441,574
34. Virginia Beach city, VA*

69

432,380
35. Long Beach city, CA*

63

430,905
36. Albuquerque city, NM*

62

419,311
37. Las Vegas city, NV*

61

404,288
38. Sacramento city, CA*

64

404,168
39. Atlanta city, GA*

55

403,819
40. Fresno city, CA*

63

398,133